SUMMER-RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM ANNOUNCED UP TO $8,000 PER AWARD TARGETING JUNIOR FACULTY IN THE NEUROSCIENCES AT PRE= DOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS SOMAS-URM: Support of Mentors and their Students in the Neurosciences from = Underrepresented Minority Groups The SOMAS Program is pleased to announce the 2012 SOMAS-URM summer fellowsh= ip program designed to support junior faculty (untenured/pre-tenure assista= nt professors, typically within five years of having completed Ph.D. and po= stdoctoral training) in the neurosciences seeking to launch research progra= ms with undergraduate student collaborators. Faculty from predominantly und= ergraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $8,000 to cove= r a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, an= d travel expenses to the joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Neuroscie= nce and Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Selections will be made bas= ed on the justifications for and the quality of the proposed research exper= ience for the undergraduate. Preference will be given to faculty from under= represented minority groups (URM), to faculty from institutions serving wom= en and/or minority groups, or to faculty who have identified URM students a= s research collaborators. Special consideration will be given to faculty me= mbers with little experience in grant writing and who are just beginning th= eir research programs. Application deadline is December 1, 2011, with awards made in early Februar= y for the 2012 summer research effort. Up to four awards will be made for t= he 2012 program. For more information, go to www.somasprogram.org. *************************** Julio J. Ramirez, Ph.D. R. Stuart Dickson Professor Director, Neuroscience Program Director, SOMAS-URM Program Department of Psychology Box 7017 Davidson College Davidson, NC 28035 Voice: 704-894-2888